What caused Miss. Franny to look sad and old and wrinkled is maybe she misses some of her friends that died. Miss. Franny said that she got picked on because she said to her friends that there was a bear in her Library. Miss. Franny was sad that her friends picked on her. I bet you wouldn’t want your friends to pick on you. She is also old and wrinkled because she has been alive a lot longer than many of her old friends.